AQA GCSE Intro to climate change

Select 2 weather hazards the UK might have

• Earthquakes

• Hurricanes

• Blizzard

• Thunderstorms

Which of these are useful ways to measure Quaternary climate change? (Tens of thousands of years ago)

• Ice cores

• Tree rings

• Temperature records

• Diary accounts

Which of these are natural causes of climate change?

• Major volcanic eruptions

• Burning fossil fuels

• Deforestation

• Orbital theory

Which of the following is the best conclusion that can be made from this graph?

• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have been decreasing since 1960
• Hawaii has a lot of carbon dioxide
• humans have been working hard to decrease carbon dioxide levels
• atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased steadily since 1960

Ice cores tell us about atmospheric gas levels by:

• The air bubbles trapped in the firn (blue ice)

• The length of the ice core

• The width of the ice core

• The amount of bacteria trapped in the firn (blue ice)

Increasing quantities of CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere will cause air temperatures to be _____. 

• warmer
• cooler

How old is the Earth?

• 21,000 Years

• 14.5 Billion years

• 4.5 Billion years

• 4.5 Million years

In which time period did human civilisation begin?

• Precambrian

• Jurassic

• Permian

• Quaternary

The temperature of the Earth has (a)   over time.

In which geological time period were the warmest average temperatures found on Earth?

• Quaternary

• Cretaceous

• Permian

• Carboniferous